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THE YOUNG TURKS NETWORK CONTINUES DOMINANT STRETCH AS MOST WATCHED NEWS & POLITICS NETWORK AMONG MILLENNIALS VIEWERS
— The Young Turks Once Again Sweeps comScore Ratings for Ages 13-24 —
LOS ANGELES – May 23, 2016 – The Young Turks Network (TYT Network) continued its dominance among millennial viewers according to just-released April 2016 comScore ratings. TYT Network has now ranked No. 1 among Desktop Unique Viewers (13-24), Desktop Video Starts (13-24), Desktop Unique Viewers (18-24) and Desktop Video Starts (18-24) for six consecutive months.
TYT Network also wrapped the month No. 2 in Total Audience Unique Viewers and Video Starts.
TYT Network (www.TYTNetwork.com) is home to The Young Turks, the largest online news and politics show in the world and the longest-running live daily show online. TYT Network receives 86 million unique views per month across platforms with a total of 706 million minutes watched.
Below are the comScore metrics for the month of April 2016:
TYT Network: Desktop Unique Viewers (A13-24)
TYT Network continues to dominate traditional news media among the younger millennial audience. April was TYT’s best month since June of last year. TYT captured over 6 times Fox News’ A13-24 audience.
- TYT Network – 1mm desktop unique visitors
- CNN Politics – 674k desktop unique visitors
- SALON.COM – 236k desktop unique visitors
- Fox News Politics – 174k desktop unique visitors
- MSNBC TV – 142k desktop unique visitors
Source: comScore Video Metrix, April 2016. Based on News/Information – Politics Category.
TYT Network: Desktop Video Starts (A13-24)
In April, TYT Network was No. 1 in video starts among A13-24. Among the younger millennial audience TYT Network outperformed CNN Politics by 2.9 million video starts.
- TYT Network – 7mm video starts
- CNN Politics – 4mm video starts
- SALON.COM – 1mm video starts
- Fox News Politics – 513k video starts
- POLITIFACT.COM – 333k video starts
Source: comScore Video Metrix, April 2016. Based on News/Information – Politics Category.
TYT Network: Desktop Unique Viewers (A18-24)
April was TYT Network’s best month in a year among millennials A18-24. CNN Politics, TYT’s closest competitor in the category, came in second with 244k fewer desktop unique viewers than TYT.
- TYT Network – 784k desktop unique visitors
- CNN Politics – 540k desktop unique visitors
- SALON.COM – 179k desktop unique visitors
- Fox News Politics – 145k desktop unique visitors
- MSNBC TV – 114k desktop unique visitors
Source: comScore Video Metrix, April 2016. Based on News/Information – Politics Category.
TYT Network: Desktop Video Starts (A18-24)
April was TYT Network’s most viewed month among the A18-24 demo since June 2015. The millennial demo played TYT videos over 11 times more than Fox News Politics videos.
- TYT Network – 5mm video starts
- CNN Politics – 3mm video starts
- SALON.COM – 1mm video starts
- Fox News Politics – 430k video starts
- POLITIFACT.COM – 333k video starts
Source: comScore Video Metrix, April 2016. Based on News/Information – Politics Category.
ABOUT ‘THE YOUNG TURKS’ AND TYT NETWORK
TYT Network is the largest online news network in the world, covering politics, pop culture and lifestyle. One of YouTube’s top partner channels, TYT Network receives over 218 million views a month across platforms and more than 4 billion total views on The Young Turks YouTube channel.
In 2015, The Young Turks was named to Variety’s Famechangers List (No. 7) and The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen List (No. 1 in the News category). Host Cenk Uygur was named one of the 25 Most Influential People in Political News, according to Mediaite. Co-Host Ana Kasparian was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Media List. The Young Turks has also won People’s Voice Webby Awards, Shorty Awards, Podcast Awards and Mashable Awards.
The Young Turks is the flagship show of the TYT Network, which includes What the Flick?!, ThinkTank, TYT Sports, TYT Interviews, TYT Politics, Pop Trigger, Nerd Alert, and The Jimmy Dore Show.